Alfredo Baldomir

Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari (27 August 1884-25 February 1948) was President of Uruguay from 19 June 1938 to 1 March 1943, succeeding Gabriel Terra and preceding Juan Jose de Amezaga. He was a member of the Colorado Party of Uruguay.

Biography
Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 27 August 1884, and he served in the military before becoming director of the Army Corps of Engineers and becoming a professor. He served as police chief of Montevideo from 1931 to 1934, helping his brother-in-law Gabriel Terra seize power in a 1933 self-coup, and he went on to serve as Defense Minister from 1935 to 1938. That year, he was elected President of Uruguay as a Colorado Party of Uruguay member, and he discouraged support for the Axis Powers when World War II broke out. In 1942, as a general in the army, he launched a self-coup and expanded his powers, extending his term for another year. He voluntarily gave up power in 1943, and he died in 1948.